Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-08
M EDICA INH A L. A II 10 N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

OUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
" of the respiratory psssages consists IN
its direct effects on the diseased organs
and, at the same time, adopting such ny
giepic measures and administering sucn
medicines by the stomach as VIII most el-
fectually purify the blood. give tone IT,
the nervous system. and bHild up and
strepgthen the general constitution. In
other words, we employ combined local
aud general treatment
stating briefly what Medical inhalation
is. we propose, in as few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t is not.
Medical inhalation is not cure-alI.
postrum, or panacea 1t Is not speclhc
rem edy for any disease. 1t is not quack
m edicine, or advertised to cure any Or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, an intended to
fill the pockets of its proprietors 1t Is not
whose he
sense or judgment. Medical inhalation Is
none of these things.
Medical Inhalation Is simply and solely
method of taking medicines by inhsllng or
breathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In.
halation, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat OF the disease, IN the
nose, throat or lungs; and it Is clear TO
every reasoning person how peculiarly ap:.
plicabie Inhalation is in the disorders OF
the organs named. If you have scalded or
burned the surface Of the bod u or wounded
any limb or member, you 40 not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the aIs0r-
ganized tissue On the contrary, you apply
It directly to the seat of the wound or IN
Jury. Why, then. when suffering from Ca
tsrih of the nasal passages or throat or al,
flicted wi II ulceratiO of the lungs, should
YOU rely on medicines taken into the
stomach?
Medical Inhalation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat OF the
disease, but 1t applies the remedy In the
gaseous or vaporous fern, IN Wnicn INC, % dorm,
fully. How much greater. for example, is
the effect of a drachm of chloroform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quality when swallowed into tne stomacn
i he same is true of chlorine, OF iodine. and
of many other substances: BY inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering tnrough the
system in search of a malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but by this
method the proper remedy is applied di-
rectly to the diseased organ. Who, after
studying the anotomy OF the lungs. can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation OF
the air-tubes and aircells. the direct appl1-
cation of the healing medicine by iphala,
tion to the diseased parts, is the correct and
rational method of treatment? Who, on
the other hand, can be so irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
passages in this case, is by the way OF the
stomach? Physiology teaches us that the
membrane, or skin, lining the air-passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, is only
slightly modified form of the same structure
as that which covers the external surface
of the BODY. Why, then, should local treat
ment he proper and necessary for fnf1am.
nations, COMPOSITIONS and ulcerations of the
one and not be equally so In the case OF the
other?
Our experience and success in treating
diseases of the nose. throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases is
that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con-
stitutionsl effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way py tne stomacn.
One or both methods must be ADOPTED as
the circumstances demand, and such rene
dies must be employed as the experience
and judgment of the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case.
Medical Advocates of Inhalation.
Physicians who were educated twenty
years ago or more, and who have not Kept
up with the times in the advance IN medl-
cal science, have very little ioea OF the great
importance all leading writer's now give to
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseases. To such an extent is this
true that no patient should intrust his case
to any physician who is not well prepared
and thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering of the
proper remedies by the method OF inhala-
tiOD.
The numerous cures effected by inhale-
latioA in cases seemingly past all help, and
the uniform success attending its use in
diseases of the respiratory organs, rendei
1t obligatory on every honest physician to
at once apply himself to gain practical
knowledge OF the Inhalation, or, II that is
not possible, he is at least bound to decline
Among the most eminent physicians of
the age who are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
the following:
The celebrated DR.. Burdo Saunierson;
Dr. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy OF
Medicine: Dr. Frederick Langhaus, of Ber-
lin; DIS Klebs and Tommasi-Crudeli; Sir
Dr. Eichler, DIR. Cameron, DR.. Gurdon Buck,
Prot. Albert Lehert, the celebrated DR..
Hughlings Jackson. the venerable DR.. Rob-
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfelder. Spencer
s Ds sch s n0 ans Hss rssse s. P e. F. M'Ha 3d.
Richard Thompson, DR.. r. Carpenter,
Drs. Anstie, Ball, Fuller. Lancereaux,
Krauss. Huguenie, Heller, Orth, Corrigan,
Fepwick, and many others.
With scarcely single exception every
medical authority of eminence recognizes
the wonderful potency OF this new method,
and the coming generation Of physicians
are certain to be Thoroughly educated
therein. At present it is only few physi-
clans here and there who have made Dis
eases of Respiration" a life study th't are
fitted in any way to employ the wonderful
resources of Medical Inhalation in the cure
of these diseases.
The Durability of Consumption.
For five years the celebrated DR.. 1. H
Bennett waa pathologist to the K yal In
firmary of Edinburgh and in his great
work on Consumption" he makes the fol-
lowing statement:
During this period | made upwards of
1000 post examinations Of persons
dying from various diseases, and was
constantly meeting with cases in which /
found cavities in the lungs from consump.
ton, which had evidently healed up or
cicatIized years before the death of the
subject. Nature did not seem to have been
successful in restoring the wasted lung
substance. but the cavities were dried up,
the progress of the disease arrested, and
the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power 1t is true, but otherwise in good
health"